"First, let's see how strong you are.""Huh?"Conall stared at her hands attentively then he vanished into another room with a 'I'll be back in a minute' tone. As he left, she checked the timing on her phone. Thinking of leaving as she walked to the door, he came back. "Where are you going?""Ahh, I was seeing where you went.""I went to get boxing gloves for you. Take them, they will fit your size." As he tossed a pair of black gloves to her, Irene hesitantly looked at them. 'There's no way he can have gloves my size. My hands are way smaller than his, this is good. I can make an excuse and leave.'With those thoughts in mind, Irene took them. "Thank you, I really am excited for this. I want to... Wait, wha..." "What's wrong? Are they not fitting?" Irene stared at the gloves disappointedly, in an annoyed tone she replied, "No, they fit perfectly but... Today is the first day, do we need to practise this?""Yes, so I can know how skilled you are. Don't worry, you won't get hurt, you
Beep!Beep!Taking a deep breath, Irene opened the door. "Hi." She looked at Maria with a smile on her face but her heart was still beating faster in her chest."Hi! Are you alright?" Maria asked worriedly."Of course, I'm alright. Why wouldn't I be? Haha.""You look like you just ran for a marathon, you are still sweating." "Huh? Sweat?" Irene wiped off the sweat over her forehead, her legs a little shaky. "Oh, it might be because I was dancing and doing house chores." "In the early morning?""Uhmm, yeah. Anyway, come inside." Irene let out a sigh of relief as Maria didn't ask her anymore questions. She got back in a cab as fast as it was possible but then, there was traffic on the road so she got out of the car, and ran back to her apartment. She was out of energy when she reached home but thankfully, she reached her home. • At the office •Checking the timing in her wristwatch, Irene clapped her hand and everyone went silent. "Guys, get ready. We are leaving in five minutes." U
"Wait, I think this one will look more good on you, why don't you try both?" Seeing the woman picking up shirts for the man she once had been engaged with, Irene clenched her fists as she felt her blood boil. At the same time, she felt nauseous. Even if the world would end, she would like to never meet them again but... Cathy followed the direction she was looking at and she muttered, 'Why does Miss Miller keep looking at that couple? Does she know them?' Irene as if had become a stone, she didn't move even an inch from her spot when her gaze was fixated on the couple. "Miss Miller, are we taking this one? I think the President will..."Interrupting her, Irene turned around. "Let's go to another mall." She didn't want to wait there for even a minute. "What's wrong? Is not the...""I don't like the clothes here. Let's go.""Ohh, ok." When Irene was leaving with Cathy, suddenly the familiar womanly voice called out from the distance, "Irene?" And the girls paused, Cathy was surprised
Knock!"Come in.""President, I've brought your shirt." "Come here. I will t... "Conall didn't notice who entered his cabin, not until he heard Cathy's voice. Seeing Cathy instead of whom he expected to see, his facial expression turned into a serious one with a slight reaction of dissatisfaction. "Why is it you? Where's Miss Miller?" His eyes darted around as he asked her. Though he looked happy earlier, now he looked the exact opposite. "Miss Miller told me to send it, she wanted to stay alone so..." Cathy smiled inwardly, though she looked serious. She couldn't help but be happy as she saw his worried face, exactly like how she expected him to react. "Stay alone? Did something happen?""Yes, I think she was not feeling well. Though she said she was fine, I think she was feeling sick."Hearing her, he tossed the pen in his hand to the table and she looked down, keeping quiet."If you know she was feeling sick, why didn't you take her to the hospital? Shouldn't you have taken ca
"Daddy, can I ask you a question?" Ellaine ran to the bench, hugging her ball against her chest and she sat next to Conall. "Of course, ask away.""Uhmm, you... Are you really getting married?""Yes, I'm really getting married."The ball fell from her hand and she stared at the ground, unlike earlier she looked rather sad now. Conall smiled and sat her on his lap. "But you don't have to worry, because even if I'm getting married, I will always love you." Her eyes sparkled and she looked up, "Will you still come to see me? And play with me?""Of course, I will always come to see you, play with you.""That's great, Daddy." Ellaine wrapped her small arms around his neck, she was feeling so happy to know that he would still meet her and not abandon her.• • "What? You can't find out who's his fiancee?"Rowan nodded his head with deep remorse as he answered, "No, there's some pictures showing him with her. But... Her face is blurred.""But you can know who's it from the blurry face, rig
Looking at the gigantic wall clock, Conall checked his phone. His fingers impatiently tapping on the table, when his mind was full of thoughts about her. No messages or calls came in, and he was growing restless every second passed by. "Mr. Hudson." Bennet voiced, walking to him. "She is not back yet?""No." Conall rubbed his forehead as he heard Bennet. His hand fiddling with the phone and he bit his lips. Since noon, he barely got to see her. Except for when they had a meeting or other works, he didn't get to talk to her at all. And when he tried talking to her, she ignored him completely. But never did she tell him what he did wrong. Dialing a number Conall ordered in a cold tone of voice, "Fine out where Miss Miller is currently.""Babe, let's not drink anymore. Ah, you have drunk enough already." Maria begged, trying to snatch the bottle from Irene who was struggling to open the bottle of wine. Irene pulled away the bottle of drink and looking at it with heavy eyes she mutt
Morning sun beamed peeking through the clouds when the birds chirped outside merrily. Stretching out her arms Irene sat on the bed, she put a pillow behind and rested her back against it. "My whole body aches, arghhh!" Irene groaned as she felt her whole body aching so bad even in the morning. Not thinking too much she headed to the bathroom. Irene was brushing her teeth when suddenly her eyes fell on the mirror and her eyes widened. "Why do I look like this?" Irene in utter disbelief touched her face, her eyeliner was smudged, her Lipstick was half gone and half kept. With much struggle, she tried remembering exactly what happened last night but no matter how much she tried, she couldn't remember a single thing. "Forget it." Keeping the thoughts aside, she got ready quickly and headed outside. Seeing Conall she felt a little submissive towards him for some unknown reason. "Good morning, Mr Hudson." She couldn't dare call him by his name either. For a moment Conall kept Looking
"Mr. Hud..." Irene paused on her track while biting her lips as he gave her a murderous look. She kept following him everywhere since 2 hours now, trying to tell him something but every time her trials ended in futile.Conall walked away swiftly, his face making it clear that he didn't want to talk to her. Huff! Huff!Taking a deep breath, Irene clenched her fists. 'I know it's embarrassing and he doesn't want to even see me but if I don't say sorry, I won't feel at peace. So let's... Let's do it.' with the thought in her head, she walked in his cabin.She watched Conall busy checking some documents, pretending as if he didn't see her or she didn't exist in the room."Co... Mr. Hudson, I have something to tell you."As soon as she said so, he tossed the file loudly on the table. "What is it?" There came his harsh voice.The room felt a little too cold for her, Irene cleared her throat and looked at him confidently though she kept screaming inwardly. "About yesterday, I apologise. I a
"1, 2 and... 3."As Irene threw the flower bouquet towards the crowd, all the men and women ran to grab it. Surprisingly, Luxury picked it up and the crowd cheered for her.In the happy moment, Irene was watching how everyone was so happy. Her dream to have a fulfilled family finally became true.Irene was about to walk to Conall who was talking to his friends when suddenly a familiar face came to her view. Upon seeing her, the person quickly ran away."Babe, where are you going?""I'll be back soon.""Is everything alright?""Yes."Irene ran after the person, the faster the person ran the more Irene wanted to see who it was. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating. Why would the person who hated her would attend her wedding?"Mrs. Thompson." Stopping at a point, Irene called out loudly and the person with a mark stopped. "If you came to see the bride's face, you should give her the blessings as well. Don't you know the traditions?"Hearing her, Alora turned to her direction.
• A week later •"There's only an hour left till the wedding starts. Mr. Hudson." Conall tossed his phone on the seat and sped up the car. If not for the sudden business urgency, he would have been in the wedding venue by now but... Ring!As his phone, Conall took a look at the front way then he leaned to get his phone. Boom! There, Irene moved back and forth anxiously. In a princess wedding dress, and with all the makeup and hairstyle, she looked like a princess.Checking the timing in her phone, she bit her lips then dialled Conall's phone number for the 16th time but she couldn't contact him at all.'It has been so long since the last time I talked to Conall, he said he would be here before the wedding starts but only fifteen minutes left till the wedding starts, he is nowhere to be seen. Far more, I can't contact him.'"Miss Miller." Luxury hung up the phone and hurriedly ran to her. "Did you contact Conall? Where is he?""Uhmm..."Seeing her pale reaction, Irene touched her
"Good morning, Miss Miller." Seeing Irene come out of the kitchen, Luxury greeted her. Irene put down the plate of fruits as she saw her. Noticing the file in her hand, Irene asked, "Good morning, why are you here? Is something wrong at work?""Ahh, no. I came here because Mr..." Just when she was about to answer her, Conall appeared there. "I have told Miss Martin to come, I've something important to talk to her." Conall added, walking to the ladies.Hearing him, Irene looked at him in confusion. She knew Conall didn't know Luxury so there was no way they were working together on something or maybe they did but she didn't know? But if that really happened then he would have told her about this, in fact Luxury wouldn't hide things from her, right?But that was not the thing which concerned her though, rather the file Luxury was carrying pulled all her attention."Wait, what's wrong? Did you find a solution for Mr. Desmond's case?" Irene questioned, sounding a little excited."It's n
"You know he is dangerous, what if he reveals your secret? No, no. I can't...""Shhh! Calm down. Just calm down, will you?" Pulling her in a hug, Conall tried calming her down. Irene told him everything Luca, and after knowing it all, he didn't seem to even bother."Conall, he is not as simple as he looks. He is really really dangerous, trust...""Shhh! Just take a deep breath first, then I have something to say to you."Irene wiped her years of and asked, "What is it?""Do you want to marry me? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?""But Mr. D..." Interrupting her, Conall held her hand and looked into her eyes, "Shh! Just answer me, I want to know your answer.""I do."Smiling lovingly, as he showed her his phone she was surprised. "Wait when did you...""When you were telling me about Luca Desmond.""So your men are already working on this?"Conall pulled her close, having her rest her head on his shoulder he kissed her forehead, "Yes, so don't worry. You just need to
"You know there are many beautiful places we can go to. There's k..."When Conall was excitedly describing about places to Irene, she kept looking at him from the distance. The words Mr. Desmond told her kept playing in her head over and over again, and everytime she remembered it, her fear of losing him got her bad. 'I know Conall can't be touched, he is more powerful than Mr. Desmond. But he has enemies and he has secrets that can ruin him... Far more, he raised me so if he wants, he can ruin me faster than I can even imagine.'As Conall touched her shoulder suddenly, Irene was taken aback. "What are you thinking of? Is it me in a wedding suit or us in wedding dresses?""Ahh yes. I'm fine..." She didn't smile at him at all, though his smile made her feel a little better but she was so worried. She knew Luca looked fine but at times, he could be very dangerous. Far more, Irene was the CEO of Desmond I. O. in name, the real one was Luca. He was still the sole owner of the company th
"I don't wanna stay like a guest. Let me work as well..." As Irene picked up the knife, Conall held a cherry in his mouth. He approached from the behind, grabbing her waist he turned her around and feed her the cherry. "You!" "Have some sweet."Irene wanted to leave but when she went outside, she found out that Conall took her to an island from where she wouldn't be able to leave by herself even if she would want to. Having no choice, she stayed with him. But so far, he didn't let her do anything with her hand. Even when she said she was hungry, he decided to cook by himself instead of letting the chef do it. "Have a seat, I will be done soon." Conall took her in his arms and then he put her on the counter. "Wait, I want to help."Conall watched her making a cute face as he walked to the kitchen. While he was putting on the apron she kept looking at him. Suddenly he took it off and uttered, "Since you don't wanna stay like a guest, how about you help me put this on?"'He just put
"I wished this before, I wished that she would break up with him and come back to me.""It's dangerous, get down..."Suddenly he jumped down, and hugged Maria, she was taken aback. "I know I am a bit selfish but I couldn't help. My love for her never died, it was always one-sided and even though I had a chance to make it both sided I... I have ruined it all with my own hand. But when I heard that she broke up with him nor does she love him... My mind was so... You know I was just so happy. So damn much happy! Haha." Those words echoed in her ears again and again, Maria felt uncomfortable for some reason. "Mr. Wilson, let go."Alvin let her go and looked at her pie-eyed. He touched her face and smiled foolishly, "I will marry her, Mary. I will... Right now, I'm just on seventh heaven."Maria felt bad somewhere in her chest, it hurted so bad that she couldn't say anything. Since the day she met him, she didn't think of him as someone special but now... She had a different opinion. "D
"Thank you." Alvin voiced, smiling at her. Giving a cup of coffee to Alvin, Irene took a seat opposite of him. She didn't look so good though, her face full of sadness and compassion."Are you alright?""Yeah, thanks for asking. Alvin." She gave him a small smile as she grabbed a cup of coffee as well. For a few moments, silence took place in the living room. Since he came to see her, he didn't see her smiling wholeheartedly at all. Alvin put down the cup on the table and crossing his chest he looked straightly at her. "Irene.""Yes?""I want to ask you something but I don't know if... If I should ask it or not.""What do you want to ask?"Since he asked for a chance, she didn't hold any grudge against him. So when he wanted to meet her, she agreed on their meet up. With a slight hesitation, he asked, "About Mr. Hudson... Are you planning on really marrying him?"The moment he took his name, Irene remembered how Conall clearly told her on her face that he couldn't marry her. Her ga
"Mr. Hudson, one of our men had found out Miss Miller's whereabouts.""Where is she?" Since she vanished into thin air, Conall had tried every way possible to find her but as if she didn't exist, there was no news of her so far. "Daddy, won't you play with us?" As Rowan called out for him, Conall gave him a small smile from the distance. "Let me take this call first, I'll join you guys once I'm done.""Ok, daddy.""Yes, she was last seen in a cafe with a man at the northern area of the city. It was an hour ago." The voice from the other end of the call came through and Conall furrowed his brows, "Who is he?""We couldn't find it yet, we are still searching for his identity."Conall kept his fists clenched even though he looked calm. "I want to know where she is right now, why did she meet that man and everything about their relationship. Inform me of every details, got that?""Yes, Mr. Hudson."Hanging up the phone, Conall let out a sigh. At least he could relax now since her last lo